JOLO, Sulu: Shock and grief still linger more than two decades after the brutal assassination of Bishop Benjamin de Jesus, an advocate of Christian-Muslim dialogue.

Christian and Muslim residents of Jolo often marked February 4, the day the missionary bishop was gunned down as he was driving his jeep in front of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral, with moving testimonies, cultural presentations and a “peace march.”

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